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G.C.BALLARD.

Improvementin Hand CornSheHer&

No, 132,708, Patented Nov. 5,1872.

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AWin asses. In Venter. @d%%amm^ f /aww GEORGE C. BALLARD, OF CLEVELAND,OHIO.

.IMPROVEMENT iN HAND CRNSHELLERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 132,70@ dated November5, 1872.

To all whom lt may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE G. BALLARD, oi' Cleveland, in the county ofCuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a cert-ain new and ImprovedHand Corn-Sheller; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and complete description thereof, rei'- erence being had to theaccompanying drawing making part of the same.

Figure l is an inside view of the sheller as when spread open. Fig. 2 isan end view of the sheller when closed for use. Fig. 8 is a detachedsection. i

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views.

The object of this invention is to shell corn by hand; and consists of apair of frames connected to each other by a pair of links, said linksbeing pivoted to the frames, thereby making a flexible connection. Eachof the two frames is alike provided on the inside with a web ofwire-netting; so also are the two links attached to each other by asimilar web of wirenetting.

A more full and detailed description of the corn-sheller is as follows:A B represent the two frames above referred to. Adetached view of one ofthem is shown in Fi g. 3. Said frames are concave on the inner side,whereas the outer sides are convex so, also, are the links C alikeconcave-convex, and the webs of wiregauze D are made to conformtherewith, as shown in Fig. 2. The three sections are connected to eachother by pivotal joints a,`i'ormed by the ears E, constituting thejoints ot' the sections. The outer sections or frames A B are alsoconnected to each other by a band of leather, F, or other suitablematerial, the leather being attached to the bars of the frames, whichform the back of the sheller. G are a pair of loops, in which the thumband finger are inserted for holding the sheller while in use.

The practical operation oi' the above-de scribed corn-Sheller is asfollows: The operator inserts his thumb and the middle linger each inone of the loops G, thereby bringing the palm oli' the hand upon theback ofthe sheller. By this means the sheller becomes a supplementarypalm for the hand, which is A opened and closed by opening and shuttingthe lingers. In the left hand is held an ear of corn by one end. Theopposite end is then grasped by the jointed sheller, which is opened andthen closed around it for that purpose. A twist is now given t0 the ear,or the ear is held firmly while the sheller is wrenched around the ear,by which means nearly all the grain clasped by the sheller. is loosenedat once, which is done with less effort than is required to start onekernel for the reason that the grain on the sides of the one kernelbinds Vit in, so that it can be moved only by great eli'ort but when allthe kernels grasped by the sheller are started at once, which they willbein this luse of the sheller, the grain is easily wrung from the cob.The interstices or meshes ot' the wire-netting are of that dimen` sionto allow the kernels to t therein; hence a hold is had on very many ofthem at once, so that a general strain is exerted upon them and theybecome loose and fall from the cob.

l Claims.

flexible material, in the manner as described,

and for the purpose specified.

GEO. O. BALLARD. Witnesses:

JOHN H. BURRIDGE, A. F. CORNELL.

